Lisa’s Reviews > In the Shadow of the Banyan > Status Update

Very touching story of the Khmer Rouge takeover as seen through the eyes of a child, and based on the author's real life experience. The book is satisfactory in its portrayal of the physical brutality, but the real story is captured in the characters' psychological upheaval. The emotional journey is a heavy one, but the author is incredibly gifted in her use of language and out of the grief there is hope.